Rod Serling

Edwin Rodman Serling ( born December 25, 1924 in Syracuse, New York, † June 28, 1975 in Rochester ) was an American screenwriter and producer, who worked mainly for television.

Serling served from 1943-1946 on the Pacific front as a parachutist, where he was wounded several times and excellent.

After the war he began a sport before studying, but quickly changed to the subjects of language and literature. While still a student Serling worked for a local radio station as a writer, performer and director. Serling married in 1948 Carolyn Louise Kramer. After studying Serling continued to work as a staff writer for a radio station.

His breakthrough came in 1955 with Patterns, a script for television, for which Serling received the first of his six Emmys. He moved now to film and television, where he wrote mainly for MGM and World Meteorological Organization ( WMO). Rod Serling was known primarily as a producer and writer of mystery television series The Twilight Zone, which he also hosted. After the expiry of the series in 1965, he wrote, among other episodes of Rod Serling 's Night Gallery series, reaching more Emmy nominations.

After his TV career Serling He returned to Antioch College and took a teaching position there on. Politically active, Serling committed in the 1960s and 1970s against the Vietnam War.

Serling died during bypass surgery.